The Cisco UCS C220 M5 Rack Server is one of the most versatile general-purpose enterprise infrastructure and application servers in the industry. It is a high-density, 2-socket rack server that delivers industry-leading performance and efficiency for a wide range of workloads, including virtualization, collaboration, and bare-metal applications. The Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers can be deployed as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) to leverage Cisco’s standards-based unified computing innovations that help reduce customers’ Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase their business agility.

The Cisco UCS C220 M5 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 1-Rack-Unit (1RU) form factor. It incorporates Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, supporting up to 20 percent more cores per socket, twice the memory capacity, 20 percent greater storage density, and five times more PCIe NVMe Solid-State Disks (SSDs) compared to the previous generation of servers. These improvements deliver significant performance and efficiency gains that will enhance your application performance. The C220 M5 offers outstanding levels of expandability and performance in a compact package, with the following features:

• Latest (second generation) Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs with up to 28 cores per socket.
• Supports first-generation Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs with up to 28 cores per socket.
• Up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs for improved performance.
• Support for Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory (128G, 256G, 512G).
• Up to 10 Small-Form-Factor (SFF) 2.5-inch drives or 4 Large-Form-Factor (LFF) 3.5-inch drives (77 TB storage capacity with all NVMe PCIe SSDs).
• Support for 12-Gbps SAS modular RAID controller in a dedicated slot, leaving the remaining PCIe Generation 3.0 slots available for other expansion cards.
• Modular LAN-On-Motherboard (mLOM) slot that can be used to install a Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) without consuming a PCIe slot.
• Dual embedded Intel x550 10GBASE-T LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM) ports.